Question -

Remember, the purpose of an epidemiologic study is to quantify the relationship between an exposure and a negative health outcome. For your discussion

How could you prove there was an epidemic occurring in your community involving Salmonella spp

1. Explain why your selected microbe is the suspected etiological agent.

What symptoms would you expect to see?

Is there a nonhuman host present?

What survival strategies (virulence factors) are associated with these microbes that support pathogenicity?

2. Based on the principles of epidemiological investigation learned in the outbreak, propose how you could use this methodology to detect the source and propose preventative measures leading to control of the outbreak.

250 words please.